Diabetes Management System Now Free [video]

by Alfred Poor | April 16, 2019 | Medical

The 30 million people with diabetes in the U.S. have more information than ever to support the treatment of their illness, both collectively and individually. Some people have even successfully reversed the effects of Type 2 diabetes. But the task of tracking all...

Smartphones Guide Patients to Healthcare[video]

by Bruce Brown | April 15, 2019 | Medical

Mobile wayfinding apps play an important role in healthcare. Google Maps and vehicle navigation systems may help you drive to a hospital, but increasingly large medical complexes remain a challenge to guide you from the parking lot to your specialist’s office...

Most Docs Favor Remote Patient Monitoring

by Bruce Brown | April 12, 2019 | Medical

Physicians remain the primary influence on consumer medical decisions. As digital health tech wearables continue to progress from athletic fitness aids to personal biometric trackers and, most recently, to clinical-grade patient monitoring devices, doctors’...

European Commission Outlines AI Ethics Guidelines

by Bruce Brown | April 10, 2019 | Medical

Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays an increasing role in health and medicine. We’ve written about AI applications for faster MRI scan readings, stroke triage, virtual health consults, and many more. Applying AI to big data assists with diagnosis, makes...

Telehealth and AR Team Up [video]

by Alfred Poor | April 10, 2019 | Medical

Just like the famous combination of chocolate and peanut butter, some things are just made to go together. Two of health tech’s trending technologies are telehealth and augmented reality (AR), and they are working together to make each one even better. VSee is a...

Wearable Reads Data from Implanted Sensor [video]

by Alfred Poor | April 9, 2019 | Medical

Most wearable devices rely on sensors that are outside your body. This makes them convenient to put on and take off, but you need to remember to do so. Implanted sensors have a “set it and forget it” convenience, but then you have the problem of how to...